WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) defeated British challenger Martin Murray (32-3-1, 15 KOs) by a split decision on Saturday night at the TUI Arena in Hannover, Germany.
Abraham landed the harder shots throughout and two of the judges scores were 115-112 and 116-111 for the defending champion, while the third had it 115-112 for Murray.
The St Helens fighter outworked Abraham in the early rounds, throwing a lot of punches but the German veteran did a good job of…